Some things beginning with ...

... this* is scary

... this is sad

... this is seventy five!

Letter S by Jessica Hische at Daily Drop Cap which I discovered thanks to Oxslip.

(*Another one for the wishlist).

Comments

[Natalie @ Coffee and a Book Chick]

Go Penguin! :)

[Dark Puss]

Indeed! It's a shame that article fails to mention the very important role played by the typographer Jan Tschichold in developing their distinctive style for Lane. Quoting from a Wikipedia article:

"Between 1947 and 1949, the German typographer Jan Tschichold redesigned 500 Penguin books, and left Penguin with a set of influential rules of design principles brought together as the Penguin Composition Rules, a four page booklet of typographic instructions for editors and compositors. Tschichold's work included the woodcut illustrated covers of the classics series (also known as the medallion series), and with Hans Schmoller, his eventual successor at Penguin, the vertical grid covers that became the standard for Penguin fiction throughout the 1950s."

[Dark Puss]

I like your drop capital Cornflower, but use them sparingly!